Oven regulator



2 Sheets-Sheet 1 LEU Z v mv A. M. VEDOE OVEN REGULATOR Filed Sept. 8, 1951 A. M. VEDOE OVEN REGULATOR Aug. 30, 1938.

Filed Sept. 8, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 3o, 193sy UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE OVEN REGULATOR Pennsylvania Application september s, 1931,. serial No. 561,547

1 Claim.

This invention relates to gas ovens, and more especially to the thermostatic regulators therefor. The invention is especially applicable to baking ovens which have heretofore been commonly' equipped with thermostatic regulators for controlling autmatically the oven heat.v These regulators havemost commonlyI been mounted on a side wall of the oven Wherefrom they extend inwardly into the oven. 'I'he knob or like member l for manually adjusting the regulator has been extended outwardly of the said wall and in such position has been inconvenient to reach and manipulate. One of thev objects of my invention is to provide an improved' manual adjustment for vll these regulators which can be located in the most convenymt position on the stove or range, preferably alongside the grid burner controls thereof. IThe nature of my invention is such that lthe regulating valve and the manually adjustable member therefor may be quite remotely separated and, furthermore, that the rotary axis of the member may be relatively angular to the axis of the valve. These features permit of great latitude-in mounting the adjusting member in the.

most convenient position on the stove. The means whereby these functions are accomplished preferably includes a flexible shaft connecting'the member andvvalve, and it is anotherobject of my invention to provide improved means of this' 3o nature and for the purposev stated. In the accompanying'drawings I have one-specific embodiment of my invention but itwill be understood that the invention can be otherwise embodied and .that the drawings are not to be construed as deiining or limiting the scope of the invention, the claim appended-hereto being relied upon for that purpose. 1-

Referring to the gures of the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a gas range having my 4.ol invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is afont view of the range:

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view showing theinvention; J Fig. 4 is a front view ofthe n/lanually adjustable tiiinember;`

. 1118.5 is a vertical section taken on line 5--5 of I Fig'3: and

- 'Flg. 6 isa vertical section taken on line SL76 ,of Fl .3.

Inhe drawings I have illustrated my invention in connection with a 'gas' range having a grid section I0 and an oven section l2. Within the grid section are a plurality vof burners 4 receiving l gas from a pipe I 6 through branch pipes i8. The

1 gas to the vburners iscontrolled by valves 20 con shown veniently arranged'along the front oi' the stove. The oven I2 is heated by a burner 22 receiving gas from the pipe -I6 and connecting pipes 24 and 26 through a regulating valve 28. The ovenheat if modern gas ranges is controlled automatically by 5 thermostats combined with the gas valves and located in the ovens.' These thermostatic regulators are commonly mounted on the side walls of the ovens, the thermostat projecting from the regulator valve into the oven, and a manual adjustment therefor projecting outwardly through the oven wall. The regulator is manually set to the desired temperature position by this adjustment and lit is, therefore, necessary to both observe and manipulate-the same and, as heretofore located, the performing of these functions has been quite inconvenient. The primary object of my inventionis to provide `a new and improved combination whereby the manual adjusting means may bemost conveniently located on the range, preferably along with the other controlling valves 20, and without affecting the location of the thermostatic regulator. AI will now proceed to describe the speciiic combination illustrated inv the drawings.

.The thermostatic regulator at 28 comprises a body member 3D having gas inlet and outlet ports 32 and 34 .and a valveseat 36. Threaded openbodymember 30 and the thermostatic element of the regulator. `Mounted on the disk is a metal cap 42 having a U-shapedthermostatic member 44 secured to its inner face. The two ends of this member are connected by a thin flexible plate 4B. Secured to the central portion of the plate 46 and extending into the bushing 38 is an internally threaded stud 48. This stud and plates 44 and 46 1 are assembled together and onto the member 42 and this member is thereafter threaded onto the peripheral edge of the disk 40.

A valve stem 50 has one end portion threaded into the stud 4B and its other end is rotatably supported in theinner end of a bore 52 through a bushing 5 4 threaded into the opening in the front wall of the body 30. The valve which cooperates with the 4valve seatvcomprises va disk 56 loosely mounted on, the valve stem. The valve may be l manually moved as hereinafter described by rotating the-valve stem and the valve is automatically moved in both directions by longitudinal movement of the valve stem under the inuence of the thermostatic plate 44. 'I'he threads on the stem are of such coarse pitch that one complete turn of the stem will move the valve through its full range. The valve stem may be manually rotated and thereby move the valve towardor from its seat by means of a stem 58 within the bore 52. This stem has a tongue and groove connection 60 with the valve stem whereby to permit manual rotation of the valvev stem thereby without interfering with longitudinal movement of the valve stem under the action of the thermostat 44. A spring 62 acts to hold the stem 58 in its fully retracted position.

The regulator member 28 is mounted in one side wall of the oven and the thermostat carrying cap 42 extends through a liner wall 64 into the oven. The outer end of the stem` 58 projects through the side wall of the oven at al place remote from the front of the range and, therefore, incovenient of access. The function of my invention is to provide means conveniently located at the front of the range and in connection with this stem for manually adjusting the regulator. This means, as illustrated, comprises an adjusting knob 66 on a stem 68 rotatably mounted in a supporting plate 10 in line with the valve adjustments 2li.

The axes of the stems 68 and 58 are relatively right angular and in accordance with my invention are connected kby a exible shaft 12. This shaft may comprise two wire coils wound together in opposite directions whereby to permit full lateral iiexibility but not permitting any rotative vided for limiting the rotative movement-of the stem and dial.

It is believed that the use and advantages of my Ainvention will be clearly apparent. It is highly desirable that the thermostatic regulator shall be located in the most suitable position within the oven and also very desirable that the adjusting knob 66 and dial I8` shall b 1ocated`in the position most convenient to manipulate and observe.

The application of my invention to these elements permits them both to be thus located and, furthermore, adds considerably to the attractive appearance of the range.

Having thus described my invention, ,what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: l

In combination, av plurality of open burners, a gas manifoldextending along said burners and adapted for supplying gas thereto, an oven, a-

thermally operated device l)posed within the oven, a controlling device d sposed within the oven and in proximity to said thermally operated and flexible rotatable means operatively connecting said selecting device and said controlling device.

' .ANTON M. VEDOE.

so` device, a selecting device. adjacent the manifold 

